Washington Girds for Budget Wars

By

John HarwoodStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Feb. 4, 2005 12:01 am ET

WASHINGTON GIRDS for budget and Social Security wars.

Democrats target 13 House Republican "flip-floppers," who once voiced support for private Social Security accounts but since have backed away. Party spirits rise from renewed alliance with AARP, which backed Bush on Medicare drug benefit.